Budget reconciliation

Subject in Government

Budget reconciliation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

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Norm EisenAmerican lawyer, former Obama White House ethics czar, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and publisher of The Contrarian

  • Eisen praises the Senate parliamentarian for ruling that ballroom funding could not go into reconciliation.

    “And the parliamentarian, she's a hero. She said, no, the Senate parliamentarian, no, I'm not going to let this through”

    Pod Save America: 50 Shades of Legal Gray (May 24, 2026) · Listen from 50:59

  • Eisen explains that reconciliation lets a simple majority include anything relating to federal spending, which let Republican dissenters threaten the fund.

    “you can put anything into that reconciliation package relating to how the federal government spends its money”

    Pod Save America: 50 Shades of Legal Gray (May 24, 2026) · Listen from 9:41

What Norm Eisen has said about Budget reconciliation →

Podcasts

Episodes

  • 50 Shades of Legal Gray

    Pod Save America · May 24, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

    Alex Wagner and Norm Eisen discuss Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, IRS audit immunity, stock trades, construction projects, and legal and electoral pushback.